Should we continue to consider obesity a relative contraindication for autologous microsurgical breast reconstruction?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 420-425

  Momeni, Arash ^a   Ahdoot, Michael A ^a   Kim, Rebecca Y ^b   Leroux, Eric ^a   Galaiya, Deepa J ^a   Lee, Gordon K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; Microsurgery; Obesity; Plastic surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC PERFORATOR FLAP; DONOR SELECTION; DONOR SITE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSURGERY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERFICIAL INFERIOR EPIGASTRIC ARTERY FLAP; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 84857786002     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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